§ Captain DIXONasked the Secretary to the Treasury why the war bonus award to temporary employés in the Customs and Excise Department, as definitely promised in the General Order No. 1, dated 10th January, 1918, by the Board of Customs and Excise, has not been made?
§ Mr. BALDWINAt the time when the Order in question was issued, the Conciliation and Arbitration Board were considering a claim from certain classes of temporary employés in the Civil Service. They issued their award to these classes on 1st February, 1918, and it was thereupon applied to the members of those classes in the Customs and Excise Department, namely, extra men, temporary launchmen, and female watchers. If the hon. Member will communicate to me the name of the class of temporary employés to which his question refers, I will make further inquiries.